My Substitute CEO Bride

"Sidney? Why are you here?" Fogort asked in confusion. Then, turning to Reese, Wrendell, and Tamsine, he demanded, "And you guys! I told you all to leave this place!"

Reese merely chuckled. "You really think you're the savior of the world, huh?" he said with a smirk. "Come on, man. Let me tell you something. Whether it's me, or these two standing beside me, we've all made our decisions long ago.

"Yeah, you saved us when we were taken control of, and we're grateful for that. But that's no reason for us to stand by and do nothing now."

At that moment, Tamsine pulled out a small circular device from her hand. "Remember what I told you before, Aubrey?" she asked. "This little core right here is the thing I promised you. It can mimic the Chaos Talisman and absorb the weapons' powers."

Then, she walked over to Sidney, her tone soft but laced with a hint of cruelty. "Sidney, are you ready?" she asked.

Sidney blinked his eyes innocently and nodded without hesitation. "I want to save Daddy," he said sweetly.

Tamsine nodded with satisfaction and then swiftly injected the core into Sidney's body. Fogort panicked and shouted, "You crazy woman! What are you thinking? There's no way that core can absorb all four weapons' powers at once!"

Sidney simply turned to Fogort with a calm, reassuring gaze. "It can, Daddy. Trust Mommy."

Tamsine's gaze hardened as she faced Fogort. "Don't you get it, Aubrey? We're not like you. We would never abandon you. Even if it means dying, I'll die with you!" she said firmly.

Reese cut in with a smirk, "Hold on, dying can wait. It'll be after I save you all." Wrendell, despite his weaker true energy, nodded in agreement. "I still need to return to Abundance Mountain with my sister, so I'm not dying either."

With determination in their eyes, the three rushed toward the weapons that had taken human forms. Without their power, they were merely ordinary martial artists. Apart from Reese, the other two were far from skilled. What they were doing was essentially throwing themselves into a death trap.

Fogort wanted to step in and stop them, but he had been bound in place and was unable to move. At this moment, Sidney followed Tamsine's lead and jumped onto the Chaos Talisman's face.

Though the sequence had been disrupted, they could all sense that its binding power had significantly weakened. This meant that the backlash affecting Sidney's body had also lessened.

Thanks to the harmonizing power of the Heaven-Shaking Tome within Nash, the three weapons were now almost of the same nature. As a result, the repulsive effect between them had also diminished.

The Chaos Talisman knew exactly what these people were trying to do. Since it had been separated from its wielder, it could no longer use its absorption ability. This was why Nash had drawn the weapons' power out of Fogort's body.

Nash had realized that while the weapons were immensely powerful, some abilities required a bearer to activate. By dragging the weapons out and subjecting them to the Heaven-Shaking Tome's harmonization, he ensured that Sidney could now absorb the other three weapons.

Since his birth, Sidney had been continuously learning to master the power of the Heaven-Destroyer Magma within him. Every day, he refined this power by experimenting with it. For example, he would activate toy dolls or synchronize the true energy of small animals with his own. As a result, he had become adept at using the core's energy.noveldrama

Much like he did with the true energy of small animals, Sidney activated the core within him, releasing true energy that began to assimilate all the surrounding energy. Then, he refined that energy, transforming it into his own power.